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The Chronicle (February 2009): An internal newsletter for the Office of the Chancellor

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

On the House floor yesterday higher education conference committee members were announced. They are Rep. Bud Nornes, R-Fergus Falls; Rep. Bob Dettmer, R-Forest Lake; Rep. Kurt Daudt, R-Crown; Rep. Pat Mazorol, R-Bloomington; and Rep. David Hancock, R-Bemidji. There has been no indication of when a conference committee will meet.

Now that the majority of the finance bills have passed the floor and are headed into conference committee, we will start to see committees take up policy bills.Today at the Capitol

3:00 PMHouse in SessionOmnibus Jobs and Economic Development Finance bill

Looking Ahead

Wednesday, April 6

1:00 PMSenate State Government Innovation and VeteransRoom: 123 CapitolChair: Sen. Mike ParryAgenda:S.F. 434-Rosen: Minnesota Pay for Performance Act of 2011.S.F. 646-Hann: Public employee insurance program provisions modifications for local government employees.

Thursday, April 7

8:15 AMHouse Education ReformRoom: Basement Hearing RoomChair: Rep. Sondra EricksonAgenda: SF55 (Woodard) Charter school authorizer approval deadline modifiedHF1321 (Woodard) Charter school provisions clarified.HF672 (Dettmer) Charter school pilot project established to examine the policy implications of allowing the charter school to become an educational entity within a school district while retaining the autonomy and flexibility of a charter school.HFXXXX (Woodard) Charter school provisions clarified.